Gymnobucco bonapartei
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The grey-throated barbet (Gymnobucco bonapartei) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family (African barbets). It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The Grey-throated Barbet is a dark, robust bird with a distinctive tuft of feathers on its forehead. Its eye color varies across its range, appearing pale in the eastern regions and dark in the west. This species is commonly observed in small groups, often around dead trees in humid forests and areas of secondary growth. It can be distinguished from the Naked-faced and Bristle-nosed Barbets by its mostly feathered head and dark bill. While Sladen's Barbet also has a dark bill, the Gray-throated Barbet is set apart by its feathered head.
Its vocalizations include nasal "squeaky toy" calls, sharp "peet" notes, and a dry rattle. It eats a diverse group of fruits, including Allophyllus, figs, and Musanga. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 6 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-throated Barbet sighting in Yaoundé on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 72 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-throated Barbet in Yaoundé on a given day, against about 10% in September and December–February, the lowest months. March and June–July have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey-throated Barbet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Yaoundé, in our data
Yaoundé is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Grey-throated Barbet sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lybiidae
The closest relatives of the Grey-throated Barbet that you can see in Yaoundé (family Lybiidae, African Barbets) are Double-Toothed Barbet (about 30%), Vieillot's Barbet (about 20%) and Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey-throated Barbet is recorded against all the birds logged in Yaoundé (13 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
